[Adopted 4-17-1944 by Ord. No. 3; amended 5-8-1951; 4-26-1955]
[Amended 10-29-1963 by Ord. No. 3A, effective 11-17-1963]
No person, firm or corporation, either as owner or contractor, shall excavate in preparation for construction or be engaged in the construction of any dwelling house, apartment, boardinghouse or hotel in the Town of Harwinton unless the sewage disposal facilities for such building have been approved by the Health Officer of the Town or by an inspector appointed by the Health Officer. Each person seeking approval of such facilities shall make written application to the Town Clerk for such approval on a form made available by the Health Officer; each person seeking such approval shall submit with said written application plans as specified for the installation of said septic tank and have provision for the disposal of the overflow therefrom upon land of the applicant. At the time of filing the application each applicant shall pay a fee of $10 to cover the cost of inspection by the Health Officer or inspector appointed by the Health Officer.
Any person aggrieved by the action of the Health Officer may appeal as provided in § 4147, General Statutes, 1949.
Any person, firm or corporation, either as owner, employer, or contractor, who shall excavate for construction or engage in the construction of any dwelling house, apartment, boardinghouse, or hotel in the Town of Harwinton before obtaining approval of the plans for the sewage disposal facilities in connection with said building as herein provided shall be fined not more than $100. Any person, firm, or corporation who shall occupy or lease for occupancy or otherwise allow to be occupied any building not completed before the effective date of this article with the Town without having installed sewage disposal facilities approved as herein provided shall be fined not more than $100. Each week of occupancy or leasing for occupancy of such building shall constitute a separate offense.